During this week, there will be restrictions for one lane in both directions on a part of Interstate 70 in Rostraver and South Huntingdon.
Every day, there will be restrictions between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. for at least two days — starting on Wednesday, if the weather allows.
The closures will impact traffic between the Route 51 and Smithton exits of I-70.
This will give Geronimo Painting's teams the chance to work on restoring the Matthew Smelser Memorial Bridge, which carries the interstate over the Youghiogheny River. The bridge is named after a paramedic supervisor from Washington County who got hit and killed by a tractor-trailer in January 2020 while helping a crash victim on I-70 in South Huntingdon.
If the conditions allow, the bridge's repair work may be moved to the beginning of next week, according to PennDOT.
The bridge repair is part of a $120.6 million plan to modernize and rearrange the Route 51 exit. This project also involves rebuilding parts of Route 51 and the interstate, moving the entrance of nearby Finley Road, and replacing or restoring seven other bridges.
The whole project is expected to be finished by the fall of 2027.
